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SUP RAP 726 2017

Country
Mexico
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Question Presented
Political parties and coalitions must register indigenous peoples´ representatives as candidates in at least 13 electoral districts
Legal Issue(s)
  • Quotas
Country
Mexico
Language of Decision
  • Spanish
Date of decision
Dec 14, 2017
Date added
Jun 19, 2019
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Kham v. Electoral Commission

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for Sustainable Democracy), Elections Canada, INE (the National Electoral Institute of Mexico), IFES, The Carter Center, UNDESA, UNDP and the UNEAD (United Nations Electoral
Question Presented
Should elections be annulled when the IEC did not provide timely access to voter rolls to the petitioners before elections?
Legal Issue(s)
  • Disputing Results
  • Electoral Integrity
  • Voter Registration
Country
South Africa
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Nov 1, 2015
Date added
Jun 20, 2019
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Elections on Trial: The Effective Management of Election Disputes and Violations

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Drawing on comparative examples across six countries (Mexico, Tunisia, Kenya, Macedonia, Kosovo and the
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Legal Issue and/or Topic
  • Election Dispute Resolution
Language
  • English
Date added
Jul 1, 2019
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Electoral Justice: The International IDEA Handbook

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presidential elections as mandated by law Mexico 2006 Electoral Court of the Judicial Branch of the Federation of Mexico Recount of votes ordered in presidential
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Legal Issue and/or Topic
  • Election Dispute Resolution
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  • English
Date added
Jul 2, 2019
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When Are Elections Good Enough? Validating or Annulling Election Results

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Electoral Legislation of Mexico, Opinion No. 680 / 2012 CDL-AD(2013)021, http://www.venice.coe.int/webforms/documents/default.aspx?pdffile=CDL-AD(2013)021-e. 14 While judicial interlocutors in Mexico have told us
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Legal Issue and/or Topic
  • Election Annulments
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  • English
Date added
Jul 2, 2019
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Electoral Justice Regulations Around the World: Key findings from International IDEA's global research on electoral dispute-resolution systems

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Manuel González Oropeza Justice of the Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judiciary of Mexico 7 1. Introduction Overview Elections are central to establishing a legitimate democratic
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Legal Issue and/or Topic
  • Election Dispute Resolution
Language
  • English
Date added
Jul 2, 2019
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Measuring Effective Remedies for Fraud and Administrative Malpractice

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specifically, the right to register as an independent candidate. Castañeda Gutman v. Mexico, Case 12.535, Rep. No. 113/06, Inter-Am. Comm’n H.R. ¶¶ 92,40 (2008). 48
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Legal Issue and/or Topic
  • Electoral Fraud
Language
  • English
Date added
Jul 2, 2019
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Election Audits: International Principles that Protect Election Integrity

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spoiled ballot papers. 21 Some countries – including Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, and Peru – require complainants to attach supporting documentary evidence to
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Legal Issue and/or Topic
  • Audits
Language
  • English
Date added
Jul 2, 2019
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Access to Justice and Electoral Integrity: A policy brief of the Electoral Integrity Initiative

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have facilitated democratic development and strengthened electoral justice institutions in Mexico are closely linked to the dialogue between national and international instances.
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Legal Issue and/or Topic
  • Legal Frameworks
Language
  • English
Date added
Jul 2, 2019
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GUARDE: Directrices para la comprension y resolucion de conflictos electorales

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]  y   parlamentarias  de  México  50  (2006)  [en  lo  sucesivo,    el  informe  de  México],   http://aceproject.org/regionsen/countries-­‐and-­‐territories/MX/reports/mexico-­‐presIdential-­‐and-­‐parliamentary-­‐
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Legal Issue and/or Topic
  • Election Dispute Resolution
Language
  • Spanish
Date added
Jul 2, 2019
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GUARDE: Guidelines for Understanding, Adjudicating, and Resolving Disputes in Elections

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Mission, Mexico PresIdential and Parliamentary Elections Final Report 50 (2006) [hereinafter E.U. Mexico Report], available at http://aceproject.org/regionsen/countries-and-territories/MX/reports/mexico-presIden
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  • Election Dispute Resolution
Language
  • English
Date added
Jul 2, 2019
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International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

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MAURITANIA: POUR LA MAURITANIE: 3a POR MAURITAMA: FOR MEXICO: POUR LE MEXIQUE: S: PS If: 3a MeKCHicy: POR MEXICO: FOR MONACO: POUR MONACO: 3a POR MONACO:
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Legal Issue and/or Topic
  • International Treaty
Language
  • English
Date added
Jul 10, 2019
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SUP RAP 0749 2017

Country
Mexico
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Question Presented
The Electoral Tribunal considered that the pre-opening of ballot boxes for the identification of improperly deposited ballots by citizens on Election Day exceeds the attributions of the National Electoral Institute, and trespasses the principles of legislative power, legal certainty and safety, by modifying the scrutiny and count procedure, as well as of the transfer of electoral packages.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Vote Form Irregularities
Country
Mexico
Language of Decision
  • Spanish
Date of decision
Feb 14, 2018
Date added
Jul 16, 2019
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SUP RAP 0042 2018

Country
Mexico
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Legal Issue(s)
  • Electronic Voting
Country
Mexico
Language of Decision
  • Spanish
Date of decision
Mar 22, 2018
Date added
Jul 16, 2019
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SUP RAP 0173 2018

Country
Mexico
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Question Presented
The TEPJF instructs the INE to issue a new resolution on the registration of Jaime Heliodoro Rodríguez as an independent candidate to the Presidency of the Republic.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Candidate Registration
Country
Mexico
Language of Decision
  • Spanish
Date of decision
Apr 9, 2018
Date added
Jul 16, 2019
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Mexico SUP JDC 304 2018

Country
Mexico
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Question Presented
The High Chamber of the confirmed the validity of the candidacy of two transgender people (muxes in the state of Oaxaca) to occupy public posts reserved for women and revoked the registration of 15 male candidates.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Candidate Registration
  • Gender
  • Quotas
Country
Mexico
Language of Decision
  • Spanish
Date of decision
Jun 21, 2018
Date added
Jul 16, 2019
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Tanganyika Law Society v. Tanzania

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the decision in the InterAmerican Court of Human Rights; Castañeda Gutman v Mexico, Judgment of 6 August 2008 Series C No 184 to the effect that the
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Question Presented
Whether the Tanzania regulation prohibiting independent candidates from seeking public office is unconstitutional?
Legal Issue(s)
  • Candidate Registration
  • Judicial Independence
Country
Tanzania. United Republic of
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Jun 14, 2019
Date added
Aug 1, 2019
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Legal Considerations When Delaying or Adapting Elections

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Justice José Luis Vargas Valdez Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judiciary of Mexico Founder of the Global Network on Electoral Justice International Foundation for Electoral
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Legal Issue and/or Topic
  • COVID-19 (Postponement and Accessibility)
  • Election Postponement
Language
  • English
  • Ukrainian
Date added
Jul 6, 2020
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Campos v. Ecuador

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Case of Cabrera García and Montiel Flores v. Mexico, para. 201; Case of Rosendo Cantú et al. v. Mexico. Preliminary objection, merits, reparations and costs.
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Legal Issue and/or Topic
  • Judicial Independence
  • Regional Jurisprudence
Language
  • English
Date added
Jul 7, 2020
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In Re Case No. 9768, 9780 & 9828

Country
Mexico
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Question Presented
Whether the elections violated the citizen’s political rights even though the domestic options were exhausted.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Electoral Integrity
  • EMB Independence
  • EMB Operation
Country
Mexico
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
May 17, 1990
Date added
Jul 8, 2020
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Human Rights in the Administration of Justice: A Manual on Human Rights for Judges, Prosecutors, and Lawyers

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GAOR, A/54/40 (vol. I), p. 67, para. 350. See also as to Mexico, insofar as there was no independent body to investigate the substantial
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Legal Issue and/or Topic
  • Election Dispute Resolution
Language
  • English
  • Portuguese
Date added
Jul 17, 2020
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Mediation and Post Election Litigation: A Way Forward

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(1980) (any elector can contest results); N.M. STAT. ANN. §1-14-1 (2004) (New Mexico statute allows a candidate to contest the results of an election in court)
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Legal Issue and/or Topic
  • Election Dispute Resolution
Language
  • English
Date added
Jul 17, 2020
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Equal Access: How to Include Persons with Disabilities in Elections and Political Processes

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candidates and Mexico City mayoral candidates, with the exception of one party. Through these discussions ‒ which were the first-ever in Mexico between presidential
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Legal Issue and/or Topic
  • Election Accessibility
Language
  • English
Date added
Jul 22, 2020
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When Are Elections Good Enough? Validating or Annulling Election Results

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Electoral Legislation of Mexico, Opinion No. 680 / 2012 CDL-AD(2013)021, http://www.venice.coe.int/webforms/documents/default.aspx?pdffile=CDL-AD(2013)021-e. 14 While judicial interlocutors in Mexico have told us
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Legal Issue and/or Topic
  • Election Annulments
Language
  • English
Date added
Jul 22, 2020
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The Resolution of Election Disputes: Legal Principles That Control Election Challenges

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Alabama (8), Alaska (1), Delaware (1), Hawaii (2), Nevada (1), New Mexico (2), Vermont (1), and Wyoming (1). In addition, Connecticut, Maryland, Michigan
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Legal Issue and/or Topic
  • Election Dispute Resolution
Language
  • English
Date added
Jul 22, 2020
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Institutional Revolutionary Party v. Andrés Manuel López Obrador (SUP RAP 0268 2012)

Country
Mexico
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Question Presented
Whether Twitter posts and Youtube videos constitute campaign acts?
Legal Issue(s)
  • Social Media
Country
Mexico
Language of Decision
  • Spanish
Date of decision
May 24, 2012
Date added
Aug 7, 2020
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Institutional Revolutionary Party v. Miguel Angel Yunes Linares (SUP JRC 0168 2016)

Country
Mexico
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Question Presented
Whether Facebook posts that indicate a political position, but do not solicit votes constitute pre-campaign activity.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Social Media
Country
Mexico
Language of Decision
  • Spanish
Date of decision
Apr 25, 2016
Date added
Aug 7, 2020
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MOREA v. Party of Institutional Revolutionary (SUP 2015 REP 544 499367)

Country
Mexico
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Question Presented
Whether the dissemination of campaign materials on twitter accounts of candidate and alternate candidates violate the electoral silence laws?
Legal Issue(s)
  • Electoral Integrity
  • Social Media
Country
Mexico
Language of Decision
  • Spanish
Date of decision
Apr 20, 2016
Date added
Aug 7, 2020
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PAN v. PRI (SM JIN 0035 2015)

Country
Mexico
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Question Presented
Whether the Governor's presence and irregularities are sufficient to annul the election results.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Disputing Results
  • Electoral Administration Irregularities
  • Electoral Integrity
  • Social Media
Country
Mexico
Language of Decision
  • Spanish
Date of decision
Aug 4, 2017
Date added
Aug 7, 2020
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ACHPR Tanganyika Law Society v. Tanzania

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decision in the Inter – American Court of Human Rights Castañeda Gutman v Mexico, Judgment of 6 August 2008 Series C No 184 to the effect that
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Legal Issue and/or Topic
  • Regional Jurisprudence
  • Violation of an International Treaty
Language
  • English
Date added
Sep 9, 2020
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